The State of Education for Mexican-Americans in the United States in the early 20th century

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Essentially, this primary source is a bulletin listing that provided an insight into the precarious state of education for Mexican Americans in the United States, but specifically listing the situation in Texas for Mexican Americans. Dated in March of 1934 in San Antonio Texas, published by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)  this bulletin which essentially pleads to the State Educational Committee for the increased funding and availability to education. Subsequently, this led to the support of a widening of the availability of higher education for the sole reason of bettering the social mobility of Mexican Americans. This bulletin stated the desire for education as a birth right. Available for all who wish to continue their education. This bulletin also provided the social repercussions of the inability to provide education for Mexican Americans such as not being able to speak English, which for living in a country where mostly everything is English, is directly hindering the level of success in which Mexican Americans can rise in American Society. Aside from that, basic social skills and critical thinking skills only limit the scope of Mexican Americans to find work and create a stable life for themselves. An interesting note as well, is this bulletin also compared black and brown educational opportunities, which revealed that a large number of blacks were attending education and college in Texas than Mexican Americans. Which only revealed the cognizance and significance of education as a tool to creating and advancing social conditions.